Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- Supreme leader Kim Jong Un received a congratulatory message from the Central Committee of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front (AINDF) on Monday on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK.

The message said that President Kim Il Sung proclaimed the founding of the DPRK before the whole world on September 9, Juche 37 (1948) on the basis of his original and rich experience and tradition of building a unique people's power.

The founding of the DPRK by Kim Il Sung made it possible for Korea, once eclipsed in the world map, to proudly emerge a dignified and independent sovereign state in the arena of history and provided all compatriots with powerful weapon for putting strong spurs to the complete reunification of the country and the prosperity of the nation, it noted, and went on:

Kim Il Sung wisely led the confrontation with the U.S., the social revolution at two stages and the socialist construction of various phases, thus building a socialist power, independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in defense on the land of the north.

Leader Kim Jong Il, regarding it as his noble mission to steadfastly uphold the idea and cause of Kim Il Sung, translated the plan of Kim Il Sung to build a rich and powerful country into reality and led the DPRK only along the road of victory and glory.

The exploits Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il performed in the nation-building will shine forever with the prospering great Paektusan nation and the DPRK is shedding its brilliant rays as a genuine motherland of all compatriots thanks to Marshal Kim Jong Un, the great man of Mt. Paektu type.

The Central Committee of the AINDF in the message sincerely wished Kim Jong Un good health, reflecting the unanimous reverence of the vanguard fighters and people from all walks of life in south Korea.